{"id":48581,"date":"2016-10-12T23:13:24","date_gmt":"2016-10-12T22:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/?p=48581"},"modified":"2019-06-30T11:47:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T10:47:22","slug":"peoples-champion-finalist-2016-trouva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/peoples-champion-finalist-2016-trouva\/","title":{"rendered":"People\u2019s Champion finalist 2016: Trouva"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Start-up name: <\/strong>Trouva (formerly StreetHub)<br>\n<strong>Founders: <\/strong>Alex Loizou &amp; Mandeep Singh<br>\n<strong>Started in: <\/strong>2013<br>\n<strong>Based in: <\/strong>London<br>\n<strong>Business description:<\/strong>&nbsp;Marketplace for independent shops and boutiques<\/p>\n<h3>Shortlisted category:<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/app-of-the-year-2016-meet-the-finalists\/\">App of the Year<\/a><b>, <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/young-entrepreneur-of-the-year-2016-meet-the-finalists\/\">Young Entrepreneur of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>The Trouva story:<\/h3>\n<p>Taking its name from the French trouvaille meaning &lsquo;lucky finds&rsquo;, Trouva (formerly known as <a href=\"https:\/\/startups.co.uk\/startups-100\/2015\/73-streethub\/\">StreetHub<\/a>) offers a curated marketplace of the UK&rsquo;s &ldquo;best&rdquo; independent shops and boutiques &ndash; available to access online and on iOS.<\/p>\n<p>Founded by young entrepreneurs Alex Loizou and Mandeep Singh, Trouva sells everything from homeware to accessories, jewellery, men&rsquo;s and women&rsquo;s clothing and even baking essentials, with more than 30,000 products from 150 shops and 16 cities currently featured on the site and hundreds more added daily.<\/p>\n<p>Trouva says it has increased turnover for its top 10 boutiques by 15 to 25%, with a number of them on course to hit &pound;100,000 a year through the site.<\/p>\n<p>Currently claiming to see astonishing growth rates of 2,000% year-on-year, 2017 looks to be a big year to Trouva with plans for rapid international expansion across Europe.<\/p>\n<p>After an initial launch in Berlin, the company is setting its sights on Stockholm, Paris and eventually Asia and the US.<\/p>\n<h3>Why Trouva made our shortlist:<\/h3>\n<p>Backed by &pound;2.5m in funding, Trouva is set to achieve its ambition of becoming <em>the<\/em> destination for the world&rsquo;s best independent shops and boutiques and is predicting eight-figure revenues for 2017 &ndash; one to watch indeed!<\/p>\n<h3>Where to find out more about Trouva:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trouva.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.trouva.com<br>\n<\/a><strong>Twitter:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/wearetrouva\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.twitter.com\/wearetrouva<\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Start-up name: Trouva (formerly StreetHub) Founders: Alex Loizou &amp; Mandeep Singh Started in: 2013 Based in: London Business description:&nbsp;Marketplace for independent shops and boutiques Shortlisted category: App of the Year, Young Entrepreneur of the Year The Trouva story: Taking its name from the French trouvaille meaning &lsquo;lucky finds&rsquo;, Trouva (formerly known as StreetHub) offers a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63583,"featured_media":49225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[213],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finalists-2016"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<title>People\u2019s Champion finalist 2016: Trouva - 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